Simple Archiver is an alternative to tar.
Despite its name, the tool has a fairly wide range of features.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/Stephen-Seo/SimpleArchiver
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Developer: Stephen Seo
License: ISC License

Simple Archiver is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Terminal-Based Archive Managers | |
|---|---|
| DAR | Disk ARchive: Backup directory tree and files |
| tar | A file archiver and archive format developed since the early days of Unix |
| zpaqfranz | Deduplicating archiver with encryption and paranoid-level tests |
| patool | Portable archive file manager |
| 7-Zip | File archiver with a high compression ratio |
| tarlz | Massively parallel combined implementation of tar and lzip |
| TUI Archiver | Terminal application to list / manage archives |
| Simple Archiver | Fairly wide range of features |
| tarnation | Simple, extensible tar backup/restore utility |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
| Alternatives to tar | |
|---|---|
| TUI Archiver | List / manage archives |
| tarlz | Massively parallel combined implementation of tar and lzip |
| tarnation | Simple, extensible tar backup/restore utility |
| patool | Portable archive file manager that focuses on simplicity |
| zpaqfranz | Deduplicating archiver with encryption and paranoid-level tests |
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